called the parent trigger law. if at least 50% of parents at a failing school sign a petition, they can take control and either bring in new staff, modify teacher contracts, convert the school into a charter school or shut down the school entirely. to successfully pull the trigger, doreen reached out to ben austin, founder of the education advocacy group parent revolution. >> it's not about these false choices that have gotten us into this mess in the first place. are you for charter schools or district schools? are you for teacher's unions. it's about giving parents some power fundamentally. >> reporter: with ben's help doreen and the parents were able to shut down the failing school. they're now working to replace it with a charter school. but not every parent is impressed with the message of "won't back down." >> this was definitely that showed the divide between the teachers and parents almost like they can't work together. >> reporter: this woman is a member of the parent-led new york city organization coaliti